Transference, the transcendent function, and transcendence

People in analysis come into direct contact with the transcendent – that which surpasses not only our ego consciousness but the whole psyche – through the transcendent function working in the transference–countertransference field. Reductive and synthetic methods of interpretation of transference, i...

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Published in:Journal of analytical psychology 1997-01, Vol.42 (1), p.119-138
Main Author: Ulanov, Ann Belford
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analytical psychology
archetype
Ego
Energy
interpretation
object relations
objective psyche
opposites
Psychology
Relationship
Self
sign
symbol
Symbols
Transcendence
transcendent
Transcendent function
Transference
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Summary:People in analysis come into direct contact with the transcendent – that which surpasses not only our ego consciousness but the whole psyche – through the transcendent function working in the transference–countertransference field. Reductive and synthetic methods of interpretation of transference, in both objective and subjective levels of meaning, inaugurate moving the ego out of center stage into the process of relating to the Self. The transcendent function is the means of enlarging psychic space in the transference field to make room for coinciding opposites and a ‘creative solution’ that arises from their conversation. That solution, or set of symbols, addresses us with such compelling authority that Jung likens it to ‘the voice of God’, A clinical case illustrates the connection of transference, the transcendent function, and the experience of the transcendent which, I believe, we must identify as such in order to go on relating to it.
ISSN:0021-8774
1468-5922
DOI:10.1111/j.1465-5922.1997.00119.x